Production-block:
B-17F-120-BO: 42-30732 to 42-30831
Manufacturer:
Boeing
- Bomb Group:
- 390th Bomb Group
- Bomb Squadron:
- 571st Bomb Squadron
- RCL: FC-R
MACR: 863
History of
B-17 42-30826 / Short Stuff
Delivered Dallas 4/8/43; Gore 5/8/43; Dallas 8/8/43; Dalhart 17/8/43; Gr Isle 3/9/43; Assigned: 571BS/390BG [FC-R] Framlingham 10/9/43; MIA Munster 10/10/43 Pilot: Capt Bob Short, Co-Pilot: Bud Hinckley, Bombardier: Norton Stolair, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Frank Becay, Radio Operator: Don Lowrie, Waist Gunner: Gene Runser, Waist Gunner: Don Armstrong, obs-Joe Easley (8POW); Navigator: Hal Hughes, Ball Turret Gunner: Dick Grace, Tail Gunner: Bill Esslestine (3KIA); Enemy aircraft, crashed Stadtbaumer Farm, on Schiffahter Damm, ten miles NE of Munster, Germany. MACR 863. SHORT STUFF.
Last updated: 31. August 2018
24. February 2024 access_time 15:58
They refer to this plane as Short Stuff, it was only if you believe the crew that flew it was the Short Stuff’s crew. The plane that bore the nose art of Short Stuff was 42-30332 and landed in Sweden later in the war.
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